Shell-cleaner



. (No Model.)

LI. E. WHITEHE'AD;

SHELL CLEANER.

No. 567,057. I, Patented Sept. 1, 1896.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ELAM WVHITEHEAD, OF LEBO, KANSAS.

SHELL-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,057, datedSeptember 1, 1896. Application filed February 11, 1896. Serial No.578,897. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ELAM \VHITE- HEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebo, in the county of Coffey and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Shell-Cleaner, of which the following isa specification.

This invention is designed to thoroughly and effectually clean metalshells for firearms, whether straight or bottle-shaped.

The purpose is to expedite cleaning the shells of burnt powder,corrosion, dirt, and foreign matter and to render the work comparativelyeasy.

For a full understanding of the merits andadvantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in 1eaccompanying drawings, in Wl1iCl1 Figures 1 and 2 are respectively afront and rear elevation of a cleaner for attaining the end sought to beeffected by this invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in all the figures of the accompanyingdrawings by the same reference characters.

The cleaner comprises a stock or standard 1, having the ordinary tableor bench clamp 2 at one end and formed in its side near the opposite endwith anotch 3 to receive a bevelpinion 4, mounted upon a spindle 5,journaled lengthwise of the standard and projecting upon opposite sidesof the said pinion. A bevel gear-wheel 6, mounted upon a pin ormachine-screw '7, let into the side of the standard 1, meshes with theteeth of the bevel-pinion 4 and is provided with a handle 8, by means ofwhich it is rotated upon its support 7 when it is required to turn thespindle 5 and the swab, brush, or scraper carried thereby. The outer endof the spindle 5 is provided with a chuck of any desired pattern toreceive the shank of the swab 9, and, as shown, an opening is providedin the spindle to receive the shank of the swab, and a binding-screw 10is supplied and mounted in a threaded opening extending laterallythrough a portion of the spindle, so as to bear at its inner end againstthe shank of the swab and hold the latter in position.

The clamp 2 is preferably an integral part of the standard 1 and isprovided with the usual binding or thumb screw 11, by means of which thestandard is secured to a table, bench, or similar support.

For dry-cleaning, the stock or standard is applied to a support in anupright position, and the shell to be cleaned is placed over the swab,brush, or scraper, and the handle 8 is grasped in the right hand andturned, thereby rotating the swab Within the shell and cleaning thelatter. In the event of the shell being bottle-shaped it will have to beleaned so as to bringits walls or sides in engagement with the swab, aswill readily suggest itself to the user. Suppose it be required to washthe shell. The stock or standard will be applied to its support in apendent manner, and the end of the swab will dip into a pail of water,and the shell to be cleaned will be immersed in the said water andplaced over the end of the swab and the latter will be rotated, aspreviously described, thereby effecting the desired result. In thisposition of the device the handle will be on the left-hand side. Henceit will be grasped by the left hand and the shell to be cleaned will beheld by the right hand.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Theherein-described device for cleaning the shells of firearms, consistingof a standard having a bench-clamp at one end and a notch in its sidenear the opposite end, a pinion snugly fitting Within the said notch, aspindle extending across the said notch and obtaining bearings in thestandard upon 0pposite sides of the notch, and having thesaid pinionsecured thereto, and having a chuck at its outer end, a gear-wheeljournaled to that side of the standard having the notch and meshing withthe aforesaid pinion, and In testimony that I claim the foregoing asprovided with a handle whereby the said my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in gear-Wheel can be turned upon its support to the presenceof tWo Witnesses.

impart a rotary movement to the said spindle, JOHN ELAM VHITEHEAD. and acleaning-tool secured in the chuck of Vitnesses: the spindle,substantially in the manner and V. WV. DAVIS,

for the purpose specified. JOSEPH ALLEN.

